Families of Children with Chronic Illness and the Relational Family Model

• Authors: Tanja Pate
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Families of children with chronic illness experience persistent stress. Facing the diagnosis and learning how to cope with it is a stressful experience not only for the child but also for the parents and for the whole family. The illness, with its unpredictability and treatment, disturbs their daily routine and threatens the whole family system. Parental involvement in the child’s disease management and their emotional support are crucial for effective coping and adaptation to the child’s chronic illness. The aim of this article is to present the importance of the parental role in these families through theoretical findings of the relational family model.

Keywords

EN

Chronic illness; parents; children; relational family therapy; affect regulation

PL

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2016

online

2016-12-13

Contributors

author

Tanja Pate

Identifiers

DOI

10.15633/pch.1892